October, 2026

From Spotify’s giant profits to yet another legal fight for Suno…it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

Position Music hires ex-Big Deal Music and RCA exec Pete Robinson as GM, Creative Nashville
Robinson will report to Position Music Founder and CEO Tyler Bacon and President Mark Chipello. Source...

Former Eminem employee pleads guilty to selling unreleased tracks that were later accessed 8M+ times on streaming platforms
Joseph Strange sold 10 or more audio files of the music to buyers online for approximately $50,000, according to court documents cited by the DOJ. Source...

Seeker Music acquires original and re-recorded versions of JoJo’s first two albums
The deal covers her self-titled 2004 debut, its 2006 follow-up, The High Road, and the versions of both albums she re-recorded and released in 2018. Source...

House Democrats escalate probe of StubHub CEO Eric Baker, now targeting his role at ticket reseller Andro Capital
Robert Garcia’s new letter, sent on October 22, addresses Eric Baker as Andro Capital’s Managing Director rather than as StubHub’s CEO. Source...

Chris Brown producer sues Sony Music for $1.25M, claiming it stalled the sale of his ‘Party’ royalties and paid him half the agreed rate
Ishmael Sadiq Montague claims Sony made false statements to delay redirecting his royalties on the track to a company that had agreed to buy them. Source...

LEGO Group partners with Daft Punk – starting with a fan-designed set based on the duo’s 2007 Alive tour stage
The design started out as a fan submission on the LEGO Ideas platform and has now been greenlit. Source...

John Mayer launches Sob Rock Records in partnership with Universal’s Mercury
The label shares its name with "Sob Rock," Mayer's last album with Sony Music's Columbia Records, released in 2021. Source...

Made for Advertising Sites and AI Slop: How Real Publishers Stay Clear
Made for advertising exposure hit 1.1% of programmatic spend in Q1 2026, and AI slop reached 1.3% to 2.4%. See 7 ways real publishers stay safe....

Google Discover Traffic: What Google’s Freshness Filter Means for Publishers
Google Discover now drives 75.25% of Google traffic to news publishers, per NewzDash. See how its freshness filter works and 7 ways to keep traffic....

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